tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692Mon, 23 Feb 2015 05:35:55 +0000gunfunfunnies?camerageekerycaption pshopsaloongrrlsblogstuffstudnuttis the seasongeekerypoliticspshopgunfun NOTairpowerroadtripblogstuff ferrealhooahmemoriescritterstuberatsrantcryptoFXmic_geekuncle stuffsaloon funsports stufftoyboxSilent WarriorsIm an AssholesitemeterfunearwormbooksCowboy Blob's Saloon and Shootin GalleryI'm not a real Cowboy, but I play one in the movies.http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)Blogger4749125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-5033502506782127367Wed, 04 Feb 2015 02:04:00 +00002015-02-03T19:04:47.857-07:00gunfunBaby Steps
The Education of Jo Continues
After two more range sessions were snowed/frozen out, my time back in my home town ran out. It was time to teach Jo how to disassemble her pistol and use her new cleaning kit. Meanwhile, I noticed the used holster in the gun case.
Pennsylvania allows open carry in most places and is very happy to issue concealed carry permits to law-abiding citizens. Jo has http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2015/02/baby-steps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-1672907873490083340Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:06:00 +00002015-01-15T20:06:40.228-07:00camerageekerygunfunsaloongrrlsHappy New Year!
Got warm enough for another range day, so I introduced Jo to some different guns, as well as invited her to try her own for the first time. The FireStar in 9-mm is a fun little gun, but the recoil spring was to stiff for Jo to manage.
Jo liked the tameness of the .38 Special... especially in a handsome cowboy six-gun.
She brought her own S&W .40 automatic and fired it for the first time!http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2015/01/happy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-1809148100068742794Mon, 15 Dec 2014 00:02:00 +00002014-12-14T17:02:43.125-07:00gunfunroadtripAnd Now For Something Completely Different
This summer I treated my friend Jo to a couple of range days. She took a liking to my 9-mm AR, so I told her this winter, she could try my rifle-caliber ARs too. She renewed her friendship with the 9AR; I asked her to shoot it until it failed, as I knew it bound to do so from my experience with the AZ Sub-Gun Match. After it finally failed to eject, I dropped in the new bolt carrier group http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/12/and-now-for-something-completely.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-1676008872275121421Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:45:00 +00002014-10-20T11:45:10.778-07:00gunfungunfun NOT2014 AZ Sub-Gun Match
Six stages of gun fun in the sun was the 2014 AZ State Sub-Gun Match. I was encouraged by how my clean 9-mm AR started off until it threw a piece of brass up into the bolt latch channel at the end of our first stage. It was a jam-o-matic after that, so I bummed one of Jon's guns (also uses Colt format magazines) to finish the match.
Jon, he with the Magical Kel-Tec Sub2000, proceeded to http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/10/2014-az-sub-gun-match.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-2575660057763150453Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:22:00 +00002014-10-01T16:22:48.425-07:00camerageekeryPhoto Hack
One of the first things I learned when I started taking photography seriously is that on-camera flash is for amateurs. That said, a lens-mounted LED ring light is darned handy for close-up photos and cinematography. Besides the ring light, I have a rectangular bank of LED lights that fits on the camera shoe... but that looks too much like flash. I'd rather my photos have character, or in otherhttp://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/10/photo-hack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-763113386550156338Fri, 19 Sep 2014 08:04:00 +00002014-09-19T12:45:50.347-07:00gunfunLet's Have a Summer Match in Arizona!
This is how you do it. Hold it at NIGHT!
Jon, his co-worker, and I checked out the Cactus League's Thursday Night Match to get some Pistol Caliber Carbine practice for next month's Arizona State Sub-Gun Match.
Nine-millimeter carbines are a blast to shoot and are economical too! Lots of clubs let you shoot them on courses of fire designed for pistols (at least in my limited experience).
http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-have-summer-match-in-arizona.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-2566179187655781783Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:12:00 +00002014-09-11T16:12:48.148-07:00blogstuff ferrealcamerageekerymemories10th Blogiversary!
How, a whole decade. Hard to believe people still read this crap.http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/09/10th-blogiversary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-7497823523772271045Sat, 30 Aug 2014 19:14:00 +00002014-08-30T12:14:47.071-07:00camerageekeryroadtripHooftytown Highlights
Actually Sawmill Trail downstream from Beltzville State Park. Found two sets of these bound roses placed along the trail. Oh, to know the story...
Interesting tree.
Interesting trees.
Ye Olde Slate Quarry Pond.
I guess the bacteria count is too high for swimming but not too high for fishing on Lake Beltzville.
Ye Olde Covered Bridge at Beltzville SP.
http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/08/hooftytown-highlights.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-2764372382328604257Sat, 30 Aug 2014 19:01:00 +00002014-10-16T01:31:22.914-07:00blogstuff ferrealcamerageekeryuncle stuffSister Binker
Oh, did I forget to mention I'm an Uncle again?
Meet my first Nephew, Baby Zeus
a/k/a Caden Archer
Delivered by the BinkerMom on 8/8
Fortunately, the BinkerDad is a cigar aficionado.http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/08/sister-binker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-1733074826805616430Wed, 20 Aug 2014 01:50:00 +00002014-10-16T01:31:50.899-07:00blogstuff ferrealgunfunsaloongrrlsHolding Back on Me, Bob?
When the choices are painting one's kitchen or shooting some cool guns, what does Jo do when she found out I'd forgotten to bring some guns out the last time?
She really liked the 9-mm AR. http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/08/holding-back-on-me-bob.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-4252736987547189750Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:42:00 +00002014-08-14T18:44:54.184-07:00blogstuff ferrealcamerageekerygunfunsaloongrrlsGunblogger Duty Done
Meet Jo. Some years ago, she sat on the other side of my high school Journalism class. Three years ago, she received a pistol as a gift, but no instruction or range time. This week I remedied that oversight with some familiarization shooting.
Jo tackled everything from a little Bernadelli .22 to a Colt .45 ACP.
A brain fart left my Ruger SP-101 hiding in my lens bag, so Jo got a http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/08/gunblogger-duty-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-5324912187843050656Tue, 12 Aug 2014 23:59:00 +00002014-08-12T16:59:21.969-07:00camerageekerycrittersMeat the Neighborshttp://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/08/meat-neighbors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-3330536982458144893Wed, 06 Aug 2014 04:28:00 +00002014-08-05T21:28:22.939-07:00blogstuffTiny, My Hiney!
Photo hoarked from eBay.com
They're stackable, Bro!
I see lots of articles in social media about how the Tiny House Movement is so great; geez, they used to just call them "trailers/mobile homes." If you want to live in a Conex container, join the Army and feel at home with your housemates.
Me, I want more than a dozen of these, stacked double, insulated and covered in spray-concrete just http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/08/tiny-my-hiney.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-5820405019950098210Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:59:00 +00002014-07-18T10:16:56.345-07:00funnies?politicspshopThe Bear is Loosehttp://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-bear-is-loose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-7207629386655331482Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:59:00 +00002014-07-14T03:00:06.135-07:00camerageekeryuncle stuffSee What I Did There?http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/07/see-what-i-did-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-339121301173475994Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:42:00 +00002014-06-29T13:42:44.515-07:00camerageekerygunfunGunblogger Points
This is how you get them.http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/06/gunblogger-points.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-6304260652618112332Wed, 28 May 2014 20:34:00 +00002014-05-28T13:34:24.508-07:00blogstuff ferrealpoliticsRIP, Maya
Of course, the Narcissist-in-Chief had to get his own mug in the picture.
Remember, you can't spell "NINCOMPOOP" without the N-in-C.
h/t Twitchyhttp://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/05/rip-maya.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-7289920194886014653Mon, 26 May 2014 20:50:00 +00002014-05-26T13:51:01.680-07:00gunfunSteampunk Postal MatchBrigid is running Mr. Completely's postal match while he recuperates from illness. Dig the Steampunk motif!http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/05/steampunk-postal-match.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-2866552825154525185Mon, 28 Apr 2014 21:44:00 +00002014-04-28T14:44:59.201-07:00camerageekeryVideo Star!
1 of 3 OFFICIAL WINNERS of the TMBG "Am I Awake?" music video contest!
From TMBGs new compilation album Idlewild! Judge John Hodgman speaks:
"Alex
Italics, for the video I call "Don't Say 'Grassy Knoll,' say 'Grassy
YES.'" The amount of talent that has been poured into this--from all the
actors to the all the costumes to the set design and the video design,
not to mention the elderly http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/04/video-star.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-8515101942900023266Sun, 06 Apr 2014 14:14:00 +00002014-04-06T07:14:37.794-07:00camerageekerysaloongrrlsA Little Color
Lisa the Biker Chick, before she broke her arm and leg. Now she's twice as Metal!
Candace, Lisa's Evil Minion.http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-little-color.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-4156792238378881405Sun, 06 Apr 2014 14:07:00 +00002014-04-06T07:08:28.011-07:00blogstuff ferrealcamerageekerypshopDo You Like Movies About Gladiators?
My Buddy Frank. Photo & Shop by Me.
TUCSON AZ CASTING CALL FOR NO-BUDGET HISTORICAL COMEDY SHORT “SPARTACUS SCHMARTACUS.”
Shooting soon! Copy/Credit/Catering only.
Characters: Generally Caucasian/Mediterranean except for Exotics. Costumes provided for all but crowd extras.
VERITAS: Age 20s, well-built gladiator protagonist debunking the Spartacus myth, shortness a plus, stage-fighting http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/04/do-you-like-movies-about-gladiators.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-4938328072942995825Sat, 15 Mar 2014 02:13:00 +00002014-03-14T19:13:29.824-07:00camerageekeryfunnies?saloongrrlstoyboxClothes Whores
"Clothes Whores" got an unofficial Honorable Mention at the Almost Famous Film Festival; Unofficial because they offered it to us -- another Tucson HM team bowed out of the showing because the Phoenix show time was 5pm. Well, DUH, we couldn't make that either on a Thursday night.
Instead, I premiered it at the local First Friday Shorts, where by applause ranking we came in Second behind a http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/03/clothes-whores.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-3959604133752387229Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:28:00 +00002014-03-14T18:28:23.856-07:00camerageekeryfunnies?pshopsaloongrrlsI was Bored Today
Technically, not a Red Shirt....
http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/03/i-was-bored-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-6077954048850414852Wed, 05 Mar 2014 03:16:00 +00002014-03-07T12:54:24.486-07:00camerageekerysaloongrrlsThe McBride Shoot
On my third movie shot at Gammons Gulch! Garrett Moldrem (center) of Made of Love Films directed. He also shot McBride's "sequel," the local-award-winning Blackwood.
As the Behind-the-Scenes videographer, I still stepped in and played boom operator, grip, and even acted in a scene.
Bill Couch is a local staple in the industry. He plays the bartender in this prequel and a bar http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-mcbride-shoot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8286692.post-382269400361173047Wed, 05 Mar 2014 02:14:00 +00002014-03-04T19:15:36.809-07:00camerageekeryuncle stuffShooting in Great Outdoors
While the Frozen East suffered through snow and ice this weekend, we merely got rain Saturday and it dried up enough Sunday to go out and make some photographs.
http://cowboyblob.blogspot.com/2014/03/shooting-in-great-outdoors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cowboy Blob)0